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French Press Agency Tallies Increasing Violence In Iraq - NPR Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:21:31 GMT

French Press Agency Tallies Increasing Violence In Iraq NPR Renee Montagne talks to Prashant Rao, the Baghdad bureau chief for AFP, the French Press Agency, which has been keeping a grim tally of the spiraling violence this year in Iraq. Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of ...

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Is Al Qaeda operating freely in Iraq? - Fox News Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:07:37 GMT

Consortium News

Is Al Qaeda operating freely in Iraq? Fox News Well I think this reflects the general deterioration of the security situation in Iraq over the past several years since the Obama administration pulled American forces out. Not many people thought they could -- worked out an agreement with the Al ... Shadow Government: Who Benefits from the Unraveling in Syria and Libya?Foreign Policy (blog) all 6 news articles »

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Iraq pull out of Gulf Cup in spat with Saudi Arabia - euronews Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:36:10 GMT

Bahrain News Agency

Iraq pull out of Gulf Cup in spat with Saudi Arabia euronews BAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iraq has withdrawn from the 2014-5 Gulf Cup of Nations in protest at a decision to move the tournament from the southern city of Basra to Saudi Arabia, in a spat highlighting the two countries' worsening relations. Iraq to withdraw from Gulf Cup of Nations in protest at host city switchInsidethegames.biz Iraq pull out of Gulf Cup as tournament is moved to KSAAl-Bawaba Iraq officials slam 'political' Gulf Cup switchgulfnews.com Arab News -Bahrain News Agency all 20 news articles »

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Iraq bombing kills eight: officials - DAWN.com Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:00:42 GMT

DAWN.com

Iraq bombing kills eight: officials DAWN.com BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb exploded near a truck carrying workers in Iraq on Wednesday, killing eight people, a police officer and a hospital employee said. The blast south of Baghdad also wounded seven, they said. Violence in Iraq has reached a level ... 19 killed, 27 wounded in violent attacks across IraqXinhua Iraq: 12 killed in sectarian violenceThe Voice of Russia 44 killed, 123 wounded in violent attacks across IraqCCTV PennLive.com -Al-Manar TV -Trend.az all 50 news articles »

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Iraq War Crimes: The United Nations in Violation of UN Charter, Complicit in ... - Center for Research on Globalization Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:13:57 GMT

Iraq War Crimes: The United Nations in Violation of UN Charter, Complicit in ... Center for Research on Globalization Over 600,000 civilians are estimated to have died as a direct consequence of US President George W. Bush's war against Iraq and its mythical 'weapons of mass destruction.' [2] Depleted Uranium munitions has caused birth defects on a massive scale, and ... and more »

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Iraq suicide blasts kill 27, many of them children - CBS News Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:30:37 GMT

Washington Post

Iraq suicide blasts kill 27, many of them children CBS News The attacks are the latest in a relentless wave of killing that has made for Iraq's deadliest outburst of violence since 2008. The mounting death tolls are raising fears that the country is falling back into the spiral of violence that brought it to ... Iraq: 9 Dead in Attacks on Eatery, Security ForcesABC News Iraq: Coordinated blasts in Baghdad, other attacks kill 45 as al-Qaida claims ...Washington Post Bomber Kills 13 Children At Iraq School PlaygroundNew York Times Reuters -TIME all 468 news articles »

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Iraq: Spate of suicide bombings against civilians are crimes against humanity - Amnesty International Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:43:55 GMT

Economic Times

Iraq: Spate of suicide bombings against civilians are crimes against humanity Amnesty International These latest attacks are war crimes and are part of a widespread attack against civilians in Iraq that amounts to crimes against humanity,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Deputy Programme Director. Al-Qaida claims rare attacks in northern IraqWaterbury Republican American Al-Qaeda Claims Iraq Kurd AttackRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for bomb attacks in Iraq's KurdistanGlobal Times Houston Business Journal -Reuters all 84 news articles »

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Trips to Ancient Iraq - New York Times (blog) Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:05:25 GMT

New York Times (blog)

Trips to Ancient Iraq New York Times (blog) Steppes Travel, a London-based company specializing in high-end cultural and archaeological tours, recently announced that it is offering two trips next year to the Kurdish city of Erbil in northern Iraq. Frequently referred to as the oldest ...

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Outside View: Why U.S. is losing Iraq and why Iran can't afford to - UPI.com Tue, 08 Oct 2013 04:18:55 GMT

Outside View: Why U.S. is losing Iraq and why Iran can't afford to UPI.com Khomeini believed Iranian Shiite influence over Iraq's majority Shiites was critical to the success of the eschatological belief to which he and his successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, subscribed. Any agreement leaving Saddam in power, as the 1988 pact ... and more »

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Iraq suffers 'accelerated surge' in sectarian violence - CNN Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:53:41 GMT

Iraq suffers 'accelerated surge' in sectarian violence CNN (CNN) -- Three bombings, including an attack on an elementary school, killed at least 19 people and wounded at least 167 in Iraq Sunday. A number of sectarian attacks killed dozens and wounded many more in the country Saturday. The United Nations' ...